Geopolitics of the World SystemRowman & Littlefield, 2003 - 435 pages Written by one of the world's leading political geographers, this textbook examines the dramatic changes wrought by ideological and economic forces unleashed by the end of the Cold War. Saul B. Cohen considers these forces in the context of their human and physical settings and explores their geographical influence on foreign policy and international relations. Beginning with a survey of geopolitics and its practitioners, Saul Cohen explains geopolitical terms, structure, and theory. He traces the geopolitical restructuring of the world's different regions, its major powers, and the global networks that link them, thus creating a map of dynamic equilibrium. Cohen illustrates why those regions -the convergence of what he terms the Maritime, Heartlandic Russian, and East Asian realms -have become 'Gateways, ' while the Middle East remains a 'Shatterbelt' and much of South America and Sub-Saharan Africa have grown marginalized. The author argues that whether certain areas become Gateways or Shatterbelts is the key question influencing global stability. For example, the future of peripheral parts of the Eurasian Heartland -Eastern Europe, the Trans-Caucasus, and Central Asia -depends on whether the major powers adopt policies of accommodation or competition. Cohen analyzes especially the current forces favoring accommodation, including the economic benefits of globalization and the common battle against terrorism. Presenting a global spatial scope, the book considers the entire hierarchy of geopolitical units -subnational, national states, and quasi-states; geopolitical regions; and geostrategic realms. By emphasizing the interaction between geographical settings and changing ideological and economic forces, Cohen has succeeded in creating a new global geopolitical map. |
Table des matières
IV | 1 |
V | 11 |
VI | 12 |
VII | 28 |
VIII | 29 |
IX | 33 |
X | 34 |
XI | 53 |
XL | 227 |
XLI | 228 |
XLII | 231 |
XLIII | 233 |
XLIV | 256 |
XLV | 266 |
XLVI | 271 |
XLVII | 273 |
XII | 58 |
XIII | 59 |
XIV | 61 |
XV | 63 |
XVI | 71 |
XVII | 82 |
XVIII | 86 |
XIX | 87 |
XX | 92 |
XXI | 95 |
XXII | 129 |
XXIII | 137 |
XXIV | 146 |
XXV | 147 |
XXVI | 149 |
XXVII | 152 |
XXVIII | 162 |
XXIX | 173 |
XXX | 178 |
XXXI | 182 |
XXXII | 183 |
XXXIII | 185 |
XXXIV | 187 |
XXXV | 198 |
XXXVI | 200 |
XXXVII | 211 |
XXXVIII | 214 |
XXXIX | 220 |
XLVIII | 274 |
XLIX | 280 |
L | 289 |
LI | 297 |
LII | 302 |
LIII | 303 |
LIV | 306 |
LV | 312 |
LVI | 321 |
LVII | 325 |
LVIII | 327 |
LIX | 330 |
LX | 333 |
LXI | 341 |
LXII | 350 |
LXIII | 352 |
LXIV | 357 |
LXV | 359 |
LXVI | 360 |
LXVII | 363 |
LXVIII | 373 |
LXIX | 394 |
LXX | 395 |
LXXI | 397 |
405 | |
411 | |
LXXIV | |
Expressions et termes fréquents
Afghanistan agricultural alliance American Arab Asia-Pacific Rim Asian Baltic base become Beijing border boundary capital Central century China Chinese coast coastal Cold War Communist conflict Continental core countries country's cultural dispute eastern economic ecumene Empty Area Eurasian European expanded exports forces foreign Gateway geographical geopolitical Geopolitical Features geopolitical region geostrategic geostrategic realms Germany global Gulf Heartland immigrants important independence India industrial Interior Iran Iraq island Japan Kazakhstan land located Maghreb major Maritime Europe Maritime Realm Middle East military million Moscow Muslim Myanmar naval North northern nuclear Ocean Pacific Pakistan percent pipeline political population port province regime Republic River role Russia Saudi separatist Shatterbelt South Asia South Korea Southeast southeastern southern Soviet Union square miles strategic Sub-Saharan Africa Taiwan territory trade troops Turkey Ukraine United USSR Vietnam West western World War II zone
Références à ce livre
Geopolitiek: "geografisch geweten" van de buitenlandse politiek? David Criekemans Aucun aperçu disponible - 2007 |
Political Geography: World-economy, Nation-state, and Locality Colin Flint Aucun aperçu disponible - 2007 |